Tyler W. My Grade

Tyler Waldrep

English II

Mr. Allam

What My Grade Should Be

          Why would I kiss up to you? That won’t change my grade at all. I am just writing this paper to show you what I deserve. I should get an A for second semester because I participate in all class discussions and I have definitely made progress this year.

          You might say I have earned a B because all the grade checks before this I have had all B’s. I have recently been picking up my game and doing better work. I have turned in all my assignments for this quarter at least; maybe even all semester.

          I have never said “I don’t know” when you called on me. I have always participated in every conversation that I have had an opinion about. There are some people in this class that have never voluntarily talked all year. I have never said anything stupid or disrespectful or unrelated to the topic.

          I have come a long way since the beginning of this school year. I always had troubles in English class in the past. Now it comes pretty easy to me. And now I like learning because of this new grading system. I have an organized way of writing now and before I just wrote down whatever came to mind. I am more relaxed when I have to write and I put more of my character into my papers. I think more about everything in general because I know now that not everything is so straight forward and that there are hidden meanings for pretty much everything.

          I hope I didn’t sound too cocky at the beginning of this paper. I have already had my grade check and I am glad to hear you agree with me! 

Tyler W. photo story

Tyler W. sonnet

What shall we do?

Play some video games,

Don’t chill with a goody two shoe

Maybe hang out with James

We start to drive around

Looking for a place to crash

In the car we listen to some sweet sounds

While we bust out the stash of cash

We have found a place to stay

Everyone here is having lots of fun

It is not even time to hit the hay

I met this one dude that has a son!

WHAT?! You’ve got a son of your own

Don’t you think that’s something you should’ve shown?!

outside reading: 4th quarter the lake of souls

Cirque Du Freak: The Lake of Souls

The intended audience is young teens to adults because there are some pretty gruesome parts. The word choice is really easy to understand so young teens should have no problem reading this. This book is very entertaining for everyone with a good imagination, like me. If you get easily scared or blood freaks you out then this book would freak you out!

The central issue is that Harkat is having unbearable nightmares and the only way to fix it is to listen to Mr. Tiny’s instruction and walk into an unknown portal. The portal bring them into a strange place filled with weird creatures. First, they need to kill a black panther and grab a map out of its stomach. Then, they have to steal gelatinous globes from the world’s biggest toad. Next, they need to steal vials of “holy liquid” from the Kulashkas. Finally, they kill a dragon at the lake of souls and Harkat Mulds figures out that he shares the same soul as Kurda Smahlt!

I’d like to know what it would feel like to me Mr. Tiny. He knows what will happen at any moment of time. It would be weird to not have any surprises in life and he lives forever! He is super evil and feels no pain. He can also mix around people’s souls and bodies, which is a weird thing to think about!

I realized that Harkat Mulds was an anagram to Kurda Smahlt right when they killed the black panther. It was obvious that Harkat was hiding his identity, even if Harkat could never talk from the start. The two names sounded alike from the beginning. It really mixes me up knowing that the two of them share one soul.

concrete poem

riddle poem

I’m about to come out the box

3 cords bringing me to life

The box is hard to open

You may need a knife

I am made by Microsoft

Played by many people

A bunch of nerds in their loft

Even a priest in his steeple

When I’m played people get kinda crazy

People always yelling

They’re still so lazy

Number 1 at the store, always selling

When people turn me off

Its always so tough

Always making me sad

They never play me enough

acrostic poem

Wonderous
Awesome
Likeable
Devoted
Rememberable
Energetic
People person

Glogster

Glog post link

http://lastboss.glogster.com/false/

Caesar Persuasive essay

Tyler Waldrep

Mr. Allam
English II

11 March, 2011

                                              Persuasive essay: Julius Caesar

          Do you think ghosts exist? Well I do because I am proof of it, I am the ghost of Caesar. I am here to give you tips on picking your friends and help you out with future friends. I think you, Antony, make the best friend of all because you always have my back, are honest, and were on my team even after I died.

          I really wish I would’ve realized what a good friend you are when I was alive. I never worried once about my safety when I was with you. You are so smart and I know can fully respect you. Sure you didn’t warn me about the group of friends plotting against me but I know that was not your fault at all.

          I am going to haunt others and spread the word of your great friendship skills. Others could learn a few tips on being a good friend like Brutus. You had my back as always, while others planned on stabbing my back. Brutus is probably the worst “friend” in the whole world. I even told him “y tu brute” before I died just to curse him. I said that to wish him dead! I should’ve realized his friendship was a fake. He had red flags all over him, I used to have weird feeling and I now know that it was my instincts kicking in.

          Death is the true test of friendship. When I died you protected the people’s respect of me when I couldn’t. Brutus and his gang did the opposite, trying to tear me down in the hearts of all. Everything I did was for those people and they tried to make it seem like everything I did was for myself. It was sad that my will was the only thing that kept the people on my side. Just cause I gave them land and money? That is so selfish of them.

          You need to be an example to others on how to be a great friend. Please tell Brutus how I feel about him and what regrets I have. I have no doubt that you won’t tell him for me. You were my only real friend, I appreciate the tears that were cried for me and wish you the best of luck for the rest of your life.

Tyler W. POW#3

Tyler W.

English II

Hr. 7

9 February 2011

Dear Mr. Berry,

          Your choice will affect thousands of students. You may not know what to think when it comes to adding 2 more days. Students would love you if you didn’t add more days of school. Us students don’t need any more days of school because it interferes with several summer activities and vacations for most.

          You have 2 choices: keep the scheduled amount of days and gain the respect from thousands of students or add more days of school and lose respect. I understand that the state requires a certain amount of days and we are behind now, but we are not behind if we go by the national average. You may also be getting a lot of pressure from students, teachers, and parents but I believe that the normal amount of days is the right decision.

          I, myself have plans the day after school is over on the 24^th of May. If you give us two more days, then I won’t be leaving to see my dad. That would hurt both of our feelings. Could you live with yourself knowing that me and several others days will be ruined?

          Other activities involving learning, such as sports and summer school will be affected. Summer school students would appreciate at least having a week off before school starts back up. They might not even have enough time to go on any vacation at all during the summer. I’m sure you went on summer vacations when you were a kid.

          The answer to all these problems is clear; don’t add more days of school. Everyone will be happy.  If you were in our position, you would know exactly what to answer.

Tyler W. AOW#3

One of  my favorite pictures is on facebook. Its a picture of me behind one of my friends sleeping. When he woke up he was soooo mad and i almost died laughing. Another of my favorites is on my phone, its a picture of one of my old friends on the couch sleeping cause we were up till like seven in the morning. We drew all over his face and put a banana in his hand. It was a birthday party and we had alot of people over. When we were done drawing all over him, we woke him up. But it wasn't easy because he was so deep into sleep that we were smacking him in the face really really hard and he still wasn't waking up. We all got scared that something was wrong with him and felt really bad because he had all the writing on his face but he eventually woke up for a second and went right back to bed sitting straight up. In the afternoon when we were all going home, his parents saw the writing and got pissed at us and we all got into trouble but it was all worth it haha.

Tyler W. AOW #1

It's human to want to share an exciting experience. Doyle Burns was just wanting to share her experience with other friends and family. She was not doing this to be rude or disrespectful to whomever's  placenta this was. She had nobody but herself and the others involved with this picture tagged. It is obvious she is  overjoyed in her work. She is a hard working student with a great future ahead of her, but maybe not if she isn't allowed back into school. She was expecting to graduate this semester and move to Virginia with her soon to be husband and work there as a registered nurse. She has got it all planned out and the only thing stopping her is a simple picture on facebook. this girl meant no harm and the second she found out the school didn't like it, she took it off facebook. Her instructor was asked about this picture before even taken and she said nothing about getting in trouble. Posing with a human head, sure, that would be bad. But a placenta? That's not even a real body part. Some people eat those.

POW #1

Hey, this is officially my first blog! The story behind my name is pretty funny if i do say so myself. I goes a little like this: My Mom and my Dad were having a really hard time coming up with a name. My Mom was the one in charge for my first name and my Dad gave me my middle and last name. They figured out my name if i was going to be a girl, which was going to be courtney. But since im not, that is irrelevant. So my Mom broke it down to a couple of names but the one that stuck all the way to the hospital, Taylor. As you know my name isnt Taylor so what went down you ask? My mom was under heavy drugs when my Dad said "Taylor is so beautiful!" my Mom was like "who is Taylor? Taylor's are people that that do your jeans! His name is Tyler!" And that is the story of how my name changed from Taylor to Tyler at the last second.